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Vietnam (1975 - Present)

Diem Tran
Over 125,000 refugees from Vietnam have resettled in California.
"The communists took over my country and I was in jail for 9 years. They called it a re-education camp. We worked in the fields... no food... It was a terrible time. We never forget. I came to the U.S. in 1993... This country is an opportunity country. You can do whatever you want, you can be whatever you want but you should work hard and study hard."
- Diem Tran, refugee from Vietnam
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